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-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.61 2009/06/18 09:36:52 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.63 2010/03/08 10:57:24 stelian Exp $
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.TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
.SH NAME
-dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
+dump \- ext2/3/4 filesystem backup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dump
[\fB\-\fIlevel#\fR]
[\fB\-W \fR| \fB\-w\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Dump
-examines files on an ext2/3 filesystem and determines which files need to be
+examines files on an ext2/3/4 filesystem and determines which files need to be
backed up. These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other storage
medium for safe keeping (see the
.B \-f
.B dump
writes in sequence to
.I <prefix>001, <prefix>002
-etc. This can be useful when dumping to files on an ext2 partition, in order to
+etc. This can be useful when dumping to files on an ext2/3/4 partition, in order to
bypass the 2GB file size limitation.
.TP
.BI \-n
.B dump
to print out, for all file systems in
.I __DUMPDATES__ ,
-and regognized file systems in
+and recognized file systems in
.I /etc/mtab
and
.IR /etc/fstab .
.B dump
provided that the machine on which
.B dump
-is run did not change timezones (which should be a fairly rare occurence).
+is run did not change timezones (which should be a fairly rare occurrence).
.SH EXIT STATUS
.B Dump
exits with zero status on success. Startup errors are indicated with an exit
code of 1; abnormal termination is indicated with an exit code of 3.
.SH BUGS
-It might be considered a bug that this version of dump can only handle ext2/3
+It might be considered a bug that this version of dump can only handle ext2/3/4
filesystems. Specifically, it does not work with FAT filesystems.
.PP
Fewer than 32 read errors (change this with
When a read error occurs,
.B dump
prints out the corresponding physical disk block and sector number and the
-ext2/3 logical block number. It doesn't print out the corresponing file name or
+ext2/3/4 logical block number. It doesn't print out the corresponding file name or
even the inode number. The user has to use
.BR debugfs (8),
commands
backup suite was ported to Linux's Second Extended File System by Remy Card
<card@Linux.EU.Org>. He maintained the initial versions of
.B dump
-(up and including 0.4b4, released in january 1997).
+(up and including 0.4b4, released in January 1997).
.PP
Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>.
.SH AVAILABILITY